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to Orgam at MSC sigma and Ci professional ■nities. will i. Wednesda] of the Mem at any stwi( ertising, no najor, will 'ting,” saidi it of ADS. for the year all active 3 come at If .re requested nale coun also recmt ★ Organize r; r ciub i attended Fish Caiif have or nave orgar. . e fall semej do when their necks itch ? The answer comes from this photo taken on loordinator ibership ijj campers, ngs give U ce to diet Kenya, Nairobi, grame preserve. (AP Wirephoto) eston note icen split: A cold p; it the stait k 'ommi olio >ollo 11 screened blic-free rci orial Stud nittee. nan Rick a ted the ie in the iroviding visitors mm, color the hisl DOUBLEHEADER NTSU (Continued from page 1) almost any other field of en- nd world-r avor,” he said. "In the academic community, '■ of the m ithority rests on the ability of executive to gain the con- meet on al: it and concurrence of those he uld lead.” One of the severest limits, he , is in tenure granted to fac- o topics li ;y members. “You simply can’t he young r e people because they disagree th you. Secondly, by the very ogram is ilture of things, faculties are ac- stomed to exercising consider- control of the decisions lade.” ut Kamerick said this free- of the faculty to criticize id take part in decision mak- can also be a plus factor. '“Any organization must be ppable of renewal, and for that t must create the appropriate illectual climate for the in- idual,” Kamerick said in a ch to Texas college and uni- Irsity presidents this past sum- r. "If the organization is such lat it discourages individuality the members of the organiza- n, then of course the capacity change is enormously dim- ihed. is wisl > movie nembers. >vie was ;ee presei Radio G sd Witlifi !o, he ii| ineering tee opei .C from m-wide« ■ks in es and I s for am rt’s Thai ■ Teatf it MSI >r Select 3 Memo!' and Tlit invited s they obligat i execat • of lead ssioned ny, a ister q 11 senior ^ ig if lie ;er Can ption P said tti> te the •rvice, bhhmbmhhh “ . . . Ordinarily those who run organizations . . . cannot trust themselves or others to be ade quately critical. Therefore, those who criticize must be in some way protected from the dangers of retribution, and the only pos sible protection is to create an atmosphere in which anyone can speak up.” The changes at North Texas are just part of the overall ed ucational goals that Kamerick believes should guide American colleges and universities. “We need emphasis on the de velopment of a different kind of excellence than we are current ly developing,” he said in a re cent speech. “We may need to develop bet ter professionals, better special ists, better technology, but our greater need is to spend more time on the cultivation of wis dom in more human beings. “Soon man may be able to determine the genetic character istics of a human infant—in short may be able to determine what kind of humans are produced. But the question of whether this should be done, let alone the aw ful question of what kinds of hu man beings should be produced, is not a question for biology to decide . . . “In a free society, it should be answered, intelligently we hope, by all of us. But all of us are not prepared to answer such questions simply because we are alive. We must have had some experience in attempting to an swer the fundamental questions of human existence,” he said. Kamerick said society has de pended upon universities to pro vide the training of humans to answer such questions but too often universities have been too busy training people for socie ty’s short-term needs. “We are concerned only with making better specialists or bet ter professionals and this is as true in the arts and humanities as it is in the sciences and so cial sciences,” he said. “ . . . We should decide first that the primary goal of a good educational system is to produce an intelligent, civilized human being, and secondarily, and at a different time probably, to pro duce the specialist or profession al.” In a free society, Kamerick said, the role of the university must first be to help Students to gain enough knowledge to make the wisest possible choices. “Only thus can we decide what kind of world we wish to create.” Tt-XASA&MUNIVERSrry ' JliIlllHH . MB YOURS YET? ..... aillltt u ”" 1 ' ' 1 " isite . lllfili A'l; V .urct m. JPEL a s &^L, Braley tour, .... troj for professional travel servUe call 846-3773 . 30 .lax charge account mailable. s> . free delivery of tickets C<m< Atfmttruil Student Center LoMn — Cntim Station ♦ M2 Cut IStb -tinfiT — iiryat) 1969-70 Directory AVAILABLE AT Local Banks • Student Publications Dept. • Exchange Store • Shaffers University Book Store • MSC Gift Shop (An updated student section will be published about Oct. 24. It will be available free of charge upon presentation of the coupon included in the basic directory.) THE BATTALION Wednesday, October 15, l&ed College Station, Texas Page 5 Period of Self-Examination Ahead for Press: Aynsworth The American press has en tered a period of self-examina tion, in which only one set of standards must be applied, News week bureau chief Hugh Ayns worth of Houston said Monday night. “We in the business—newspa permen, radio and television news men and magazine writers—must think things through and ask ourselves ‘Am I being totally fair, totally objective and responsi ble’?” he suggested at the 17th Texas Junior College Press As sociation conference. The banquet speaker said the press is in the throes of a strange malady. “It’s distrusted for Its mis takes, which are beamed, broad cast and printed for all to see,” said the writer who investigated New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison. He recalled that at one time newspaper and radio news were accepted as the absolute truth. “This isn’t true today,” Ayns worth reminded more than 250 participants at the three-day TJCPA conference. “And it’s healthy not to believe everything you hear or see.” He observed that his saying the media is in trouble is a relative thing. The American news-gather ing and reporting system is the best one going, Aynsworth point ed out. The former Dallas newspaper man views fairness, objectivity McLennan, Odessa, Pasadena W inT JCP A S weepstakesHonors McLennan Community College of Waco and Odessa College join ed Pasadena’s San Jacinto Col lege as sweepstakes award win ners of the Texas Junior College Press Association. Awards for top publications in newspaper, yearbook and maga-- zine areas were made Tuesday at the 17th TJPCA conference here. Odessa College’s “Branding Iron” received the first place plaque for the best yearbook, ac cording to Dr. David R. Bowers, journalism professor and contest director. The “Blranding Iron” garnered top marks in theme- continuity and copy. “The Carillon” of Tarrant County Junior College in Fort Worth and Temple Junior Col lege’s “Templar” were accorded second and third sweepstake places. Tarrant County won the yearbook sweepstakes last year and Odessa was second. “The Clan,” McLennan College publication, was judged the top magazine with firsts in graphics, copy, photographey and general excellence. Del Mar College of Corpus Christi placed second with its “Viking Voyageur” and San Jacinto’s “Perspective” claimed third place. Awards for previously an nounced newspaper winners also were presented. The first place plaque went to San Jacinto and Howard County Junior College of Big Spring won second. Tar rant County (South Campus) and Tyler Junior College tied for third. The three-day conference at tended by more than 250 students and faculty of 25 state junior col leges concluded with the awards banquet. and responsibility as the only criteria by which journalists can operate. Reporters must not al low personal desires to taint their work. “The ‘Saturday Evening Post’ is gone because it took freedom with facts. Some publications and newspapers exist solely by the grace of having no competition,” he warned. Severely criticized for his role in reporting Garrison’s investiga tion of an alleged conspiracy in the death of President Kennedy, Aynsworth believes a great many innocent people have lost prestige, community standing, money and the right to hold a job through the New Orleans attorney’s ac tivities. “Learn to write good copy and headlines, edit and interview,” he admonished the junior college journalists. “But for goodness sake, accept and exercise the responsibility so you can sleep nights, wake up and say, ‘I’ve done my job’.” iEoIe -IHaan ^ SHOES |tun ^tiunco umbersitp men’s! to ear 329 University Drive 713/846-2706 Collesre Station, Texas 77840 S3,233 Degrees Granted By University Since 1876 Texas A&M has conferred 53.233 degrees during its 93-year career, reports Admissions and Records Dean H. L. Heaton. The total does not represent in dividuals, since some students earn two or more degrees, Heaton pointed out. Included in the 1876 through August, 1969, figures are 8,439 advanced degrees. Texas’ oldest public university has awarded 1.233 doctor of philosophy and 57 doctor of education degrees, plus 68 honorary doctorate de grees. Advance degree figures include 4,079 master of science and 1,463 master of education awards. The College of Engineering led all other Texas A&M colleges with 17,862 bachelor degrees con ferred. Next was the College of Agriculture with 13,206 B.S. awards. Degrees conferred by other col leges include: College of Business Administration, 4,979; College of Geosciences, 454; College of Lib eral Arts, 3,591; College of Sci ence, 1,848; Texas Maritime Acad emy, 74, and College of Veteri nary Medicine, 2,712—including 2,177 doctor of veterinary medi cine degrees. Texas A&M awarded 2,645 de grees during 1969, which includes winter, spring and summer gradu ations, Heaton noted. 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